There is but one pride pardonable; that of being above doing a base or dishonorable action.

Prejudices in disfavor of a person fix deeper, and are much more difficult to be removed, than prejudices in favor.

Love is not a volunteer thing.

A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less attractive.

Men know no medium: They will either, spaniel-like, fawn at your feet, or be ready to leap into your lap.

The World is not enough used to this way of writing, to the moment. It knows not that in the minutiae lie often the unfoldings ofthe Story, as well as of the heart; and judges of an action undecided, as if it were absolutely decided.

I am forced, as I have often said, to try to make myself laugh, that I may not cry: for one or other I must do.